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30/11/2016
Women's December Rankings
Egyptians Take Top Three Spots in Women’s World
Rankings for First Time in History
Egypt has become the first country in 20 years to hold all three top
spots on the PSA Women’s World Rankings after Raneem El Welily
joined compatriots Nour El Sherbini and Nouran Gohar inside the
world’s top three in the December Rankings - emulating the feats of
Australia in the 1990s.
El Welily, who topped the World Rankings between September -
December 2015, defeated Gohar in the final of last month’s Wadi
Degla Open to take the title in front of her home fans and move up
two places to No.2, leapfrogging Gohar in the process.
In doing so, the triumvirate have joined Australian trio Michelle
Martin, Sarah Fitz-Gerald and Liz Irving - who took the top three
places in the July 1996 World Rankings - in the history books.
They are joined by Omneya Abdel Kawy (No.8) in a top 10 that
features a four-strong Egyptian contingent, while England’s Laura
Massaro falls to No.4, one place ahead of Frenchwoman Camille Serme
at No.5.
Malaysia’s eight-time World Champion Nicol David has fallen to No.6
- her lowest ranking since December 2004 - with charismatic American
Amanda Sobhy, England’s Alison Waters and New Zealand’s Joelle King
capping the top 10 at No.7, No.9 and No.10, respectively.
Elsewhere in the top 20, Sarah-Jane Perry returns to a career-high
No.11 position, while Nour El Tayeb, Joey Chan and Heba El Torky all
enjoyed respective rises to No.15, No.18 and No.19.
Meanwhile, former World No.2 Jenny Duncalf drops out of the top 20,
falling four places to No.22, which is her lowest ranking since
2003. She sits behind Donna Urquhart at No.20 and Tesni Evans of
Wales, whose semi-final finish at the Wadi Degla Open has elevated
her to within one place of the top 20.
PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 - December 2016
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Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
|
1 |
= |
Nour El
Sherbini |
1,833 |
EGY |
|
2 |
↑2 |
Raneem
El Welily |
1,204 |
EGY |
|
3 |
= |
Nouran Gohar |
1,160 |
EGY |
|
4 |
↓2 |
Laura Massaro |
1,086 |
ENG |
|
5 |
↑1 |
Camille Serme |
1,027 |
FRA |
|
6 |
↓1 |
Nicol David |
1,023 |
MAS |
|
7 |
= |
Amanda Sobhy |
961 |
USA |
|
8 |
= |
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
608 |
EGY |
|
9 |
↑1 |
Alison Waters |
502 |
ENG |
|
10 |
↓1 |
Joelle King |
481 |
NZL |
|
11 |
↑1 |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
413 |
ENG |
|
12 |
↓1 |
Annie Au |
390 |
HKG |
|
13 |
= |
Joshna Chinappa |
350 |
IND |
|
14 |
= |
Emily Whitlock |
328 |
ENG |
|
15 |
↑1 |
Nour El Tayeb |
319 |
EGY |
|
16 |
↑1 |
Victoria Lust |
297 |
ENG |
|
17 |
↓2 |
Delia Arnold |
281 |
MAS |
|
18 |
↑2 |
Joey Chan |
238 |
HKG |
|
19 |
↑3 |
Heba El Torky |
233 |
EGY |
|
20 |
↑1 |
Donna Urquhart |
232 |
AUS |
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